neighbourhood in Haarlem
Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost
1,820 residents · postal code 2014 · Part of Houtvaartkwartier, Haarlem
Everything close by, little space
Almost a quarter of the residents of Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost are under fifteen, well above the national middle, and only one in eleven is over sixty-five. That is a markedly young population, and together with four in ten households having children it explains the 8.6 for families — here the score does not come from school distance alone, since at a kilometre that is not especially short.
The safety figures are strikingly one-sided. Violence is at a third of the national median and burglary at two thirds of it, while property crime comes out well above. The total offence figure is therefore slightly above the middle, but the heaviest components point the other way.
The quiet & nature pillar stalls at 4.0, and noise at more than eight decibels above the median is the clearest cause. Greenery within three hundred metres also stays below the national level; only tree canopy is above it.
- no. 829 of 13,075 neighbourhoods with a grade
- no. 25 of 97 in Haarlem
How Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost scores
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Is Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood.
The figures ⌄Safety
Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.
In 2025, 73 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).
Tick = Dutch median
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The figures ⌄Amenities
Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Wealth & income
What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Quiet & nature
How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.
Not counted
Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.
Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.
Tick = Dutch median
The figures ⌄Families
How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.
Tick = Dutch median
Who lives here
Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost has strikingly many children under 15: 23%, against 14% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.
Age profile
- 0–1523%
NL median 14%
- 15–259%
NL median 11%
- 25–4535%
NL median 22%
- 45–6524%
NL median 28%
- 65+9%
NL median 22%
Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.
Average household size
2.2 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
39% — more than average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
6,898 — far more densely populated than average
NL median 2,364
Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.
Frequently asked questions
Is Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost a safe neighbourhood?
For 2025, Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost comes out at 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is about the same as in an average Dutch neighbourhood. The figure is about what the police record, not about the people who live there.
How much crime is there in Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost?
In Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost the police recorded 73 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (27 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.
How is the grade for Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost calculated?
Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost scores 9.5 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Natuurkundigenbuurt-oost lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.
The best and worst neighbourhoods of Haarlem
Same total grade, same yardstick — from the top to the bottom of Haarlem.
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